Where to watch Frank Zappa in the UK
Find every Frank Zappa film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 3 May 2026.
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band The Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist. While in his teens, he acquired a taste for percussion-based avant-garde composers such as Edgard Varèse and 1950s…
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- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Musical Guest
- Miami Vice (1984) as Mario Fuente
- Duckman (1994) In Memory Of
- The Monkees (1966) as Self (uncredited)
- The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991) as The Pope (voice)
- Omnibus (1967) as Self
- Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) as Attilla
- Classic Albums (1997) as Self (archive footage)
- Laurel Canyon (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Beat-Club (1965) as Self
- Zappa (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Fuck (2006) as Self (archive footage)
- Head (1968) as The Critic
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025) as Self (archive footage)
- The Velvet Underground (2021) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Tom Arnold: The Naked Truth (1991) as Self
- Led Zeppelin Played Here (2014) as Self (archive footage)
- The Wrecking Crew (2008) as Self (archive footage)
- Mondo Hollywood (1967) Cast
- Girls and Boys - Sex and British Pop (2005) as Self (archive footage)
- Take Your Pills (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Funny (1988) as Self
- Echo in the Canyon (2019) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Decade (1989) as Self
- The World's Greatest Sinner (1962) Original Music Composer
- Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here (1972) as Self
- The Big T.N.T. Show (1965) as Self (uncredited)
- Super Duper Alice Cooper (2014) as Self (archive footage)
- Hart & Soul - The Hart Family Anthology (2010) as Self (archive footage)
- Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees (1997) as Mike Nesmith (archive footage)
- 200 Motels (1971) as Member of Mothers of Invention (uncredited)
- Derailroaded (2005) as Self (archive footage)
- Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind (2019) as Self (archive footage)
- Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s (2002) as Self (archive footage)
- Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- Inside Pop: The Rock Revolution (1967) as Self
- The Revenge of the Dead Indians (1993) as Himself
- The Manipulator (1971) Props
- The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers (1984) as Attila
- Larry Flynt for President (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Frank Zappa & The Mothers: Roxy: The Movie (2015) as Himself
- All My Loving (1968) as Self
- Steve Vai - His First 30 Years: The Documentary (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- The Rolling Stones - The First 20 Years (1982) as Self
- Video from Hell (1987) as Self
- Frank Zappa: Peefeeyatko (1991) as Self
- Happy Birthday to John (1997) Songs
- Pražákům, těm je hej (1991) as Frank Zappa
- Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note (2002) as Self (archive footage)
- Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die (2000) as Self (archive footage)
- Classic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation (2007) as Self (archive footage)
- Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out! (2021) as Self
- The Making of 200 Motels (1971) as Self
- Stupor Mundi: Livre 1, Rituel de décapitation du pape (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- Frank Zappa (1971) as Self
- You Are What You Eat (1968) Cast
- Cocaine Blues (1983) as Himself
- The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels (1988) as Self
- A Life of Extravaganza - The Genius Frank Zappa (1993) as Self
- Frank Zappa: New York and Elsewhere (1980) as Self
- Late Night Line-Up (1964) as Himself
- Cover Your Ears (2023) as Self - Musician (archive footage)
- Frank Zappa, John Lennon & Yoko Ono: At Fillmore East (1971) Cast
- From Straight to Bizarre (2012) as Self
- Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music? (1985) as Self
- An American Dissident: un tributo a Frank Zappa (1994) as Self (archive footage)
- Kalvøyafestivalen - 50 år siden første riff (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Deep Purple: Made In Japan (1972) as Self (archive footage)
- Frank Zappa: Baby Snakes (1979) as Self
- Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention: Live at Whisky a Go Go 1968 (2024) Cast
- Uncle Meat (1987) as Self / The Imaginary Director
- The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart (1997) as Himself (archive footage)
- Frank Zappa – Summer '82: When Zappa Came to Sicily (2014) as Himself (archive Footage)
- Rock this Town (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Made in Japan: The Rise of Deep Purple Mk II (2014) as Self (archive footage)
- Amougies (Music Power - European Music Revolution) (1970) as Self
- Feats First: The Life and Music of Lowell George (2015) as Self (archive footage)
- The Male Swagger as Guitarist (archive footage)
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Where can I watch Frank Zappa films in the UK?
Frank Zappa's films and TV shows are available across UK streaming services. Click any title in the filmography below to see exactly which UK service has it — Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, NOW, Sky, MUBI and more — updated daily.
What are Frank Zappa's most popular films?
Most-watched Frank Zappa films currently: Zappa (2020), Fuck (2006), Head (1968), Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music (2025), The Velvet Underground (2021).
What TV shows has Frank Zappa appeared in?
Selected TV credits: Saturday Night Live (1975), Miami Vice (1984), Duckman (1994), The Monkees (1966), The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991).
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